Ryuuen announced on the first day of school that he would be the person with absolute authority in the class.
The competition for Class C's leader also began then. Ryuuen subdued the martial artists like Ishizaki, Komiya, and Kondo with his fists, and then suppressed the quick-witted boys like Kaneda who participated in the resistance. Only Albert defeated Ryuuen a few times, but in the end, Albert still became Ryuuen's minion.
In Manabe's eyes, Ryuuen was simply a devil. If it was just boys being bullied and beaten, that was one thing, but Ryuuen didn't even spare the girls. Rebellious girls were all severely bullied without exception, causing them to develop fear. After Ibuki, the only girl who dared to resist Ryuuen with force, was subdued by Ryuuen, the entire Class C reluctantly united under Ryuuen's command.
Although Class D shouldn't have developed to such an extent, the competition between class leaders should still be quite cruel.
"Our Class D also has a struggle for class leadership. Previously, Hirata Yosuke and Karuizawa Kei served as the male and female leaders of Class D. I believe you've heard about this."
Amane's words made Manabe nod.
She wasn't particularly familiar with Karuizawa, but she had privately learned a lot about Hirata. Both his handsome appearance and gentle personality suited her taste, and she often told others that Hirata was her type.
In the process of learning about Hirata, she had more or less come to understand Hirata's position in Class D.
"But that's all in the past. Hirata was injured on the Uninhabited Island and can't lead the class forward in the short term. In my opinion, Horikita is more capable than Hirata and Karuizawa, so I plan to make Horikita the class leader. But Karuizawa doesn't seem to be so willing…"
Amane's voice stopped abruptly, and she smiled as she looked at the blushing Manabe.
Manabe understood the unspoken meaning. She knew the relationship between Amane and Horikita, and therefore no longer doubted Amane's words. After all, Amane had even told her such a private matter as the struggle for class leadership. What reason did she have to doubt Amane?
Amane's approach was probably to use them to teach Karuizawa-san a lesson.
But... if Amane wanted to teach Karuizawa-san a lesson, why would she help Karuizawa-san bully them? If Amane hadn't intervened, Karuizawa-san definitely wouldn't have been a match for them.
Unless... In an instant, Manabe understood the crux of the problem. The reason Amane bullied them first was, on one hand, to display her strength and intimidate them, preventing these Class C students from having other ideas or leaking information. On the other hand, it was probably to use such methods to gradually push them into a corner, leaving them no choice but to become Amane's dagger.
Unless they were willing to swallow their pride, no matter what they did, they couldn't escape Amane's grasp.
This startling discovery made Manabe's breathing quicken.
"So fast?"
Amane stopped what she was doing. She hadn't even had an in-depth conversation with Manabe, and she was already like this. Was Manabe a special case?
Just as Amane was still contemplating whether to try a different approach, Manabe suddenly stood up.
"I'm willing to help Miyako-san deal with Karuizawa-san..."
"No, it's not helping me. It's helping yourselves vent your anger. Once you leave this room, I won't admit to saying a single word. Do you understand what I mean?"
This was like a no-cost business. You go bully Karuizawa-san, if it succeeds, everyone's happy. If it fails, you take the blame, and it has nothing to do with Miyako Amane.
This domineering agreement instinctively made Manabe want to retort, but after much hesitation, Manabe still nodded and agreed.
She was confident that, with Amane not interfering to help Karuizawa-san, she could get all her revenge at once.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Manabe had no reason to stay. After reluctantly letting go of Manabe, Amane waved her hand, signaling Manabe to leave.
Manabe, who hadn't expected Amane to let her go so easily, quickened her steps and left the discussion room as if granted a great pardon.
Listening to the sound of running footsteps gradually fading in the corridor, Amane picked up her phone and sent a message to Ayanokoji.
"Is it convenient to talk on the phone now?"
Soon, a reply came from the other side.
"Wait a moment. I'll call you back when I get to a place where there's no one."
Amane placed her phone on the table and waited quietly.
After about five minutes, the phone rang.
Amane picked up the phone.
"Hello? Ayanokoji, you're really slow."
Amane's preemptive complaint made the other party pause for a moment, then he explained somewhat helplessly.
"There were too many people at the cafeteria, so I couldn't help it. Amane, are you contacting me now because the plan succeeded?"
Ayanokoji asked with some anticipation.
"Sort of. Now it's up to Manabe. How to help Manabe guide Karuizawa-san to that place is now your responsibility."
Amane directly pushed all the remaining work to Ayanokoji.
Facing Amane's irresponsible actions, Ayanokoji could only silently agree. As long as Manabe started acting, the subsequent matters would resolve themselves naturally, so it shouldn't be too difficult.
It was fine to let Amane relax a bit. After all, it had been agreed that Amane would no longer deal with these trivial matters.
Just as Ayanokoji was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly remembered another matter.
That was the suggestion he had previously made to Amane about fully utilizing the disciplinary committee member's operational capabilities.
"Amane, about the disciplinary committee member matter..."
"Don't worry. I angered Sakagami-sensei quite a bit today. He'll probably look for me to talk about it tomorrow. I'll just bring up your suggestion then."
It has to be said that Ayanokoji's suggestion was quite devious. When Ryuuen, Ichinose, and Sakayanagi react, they'll probably be half-dead with anger, right?
Anyway, she could just push the responsibility to Ayanokoji then. With Ayanokoji taking the blame, Amane could act more freely.
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